Improvement in book, shawl, or parcel handles



G. HAVELL.-

1300K,sILAv/'Lfola PARCEL` HANDLE.

Patented on. 24. 18.76.

l Ilma-125021 UNrrEn STATES GEORGE HAVELL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. i

PASDENEEQEGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOK, SHAWL, OR PARCEL HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,563, dated October 24, 1876; application tiled May 15, 1876.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HAVELL, of the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovement-s in Shawl, 'Package, or Book-Strap Handles, the following being a full, clear, and exact description. thereof, reference being had to the drawings attached to and forming a part of this specification.

My invention consists of a new and improved form of handle, to be used in carrying parcels, &c., whichv is neat, cheap, light, and strong.

All the handles in use may be divided into two classes-those in which only two straps are used and those in which three straps are used. In the latter form, as usually made, the middle loop, through which the strap is passed, is riveted on a bar of' metal, strap of leather, or other material, this bar or strap extending from one end of the handle to the other. The object of this mode of construction is to secure strength and rmness. This bar forms no part of the handle proper. In my improved form of handle I dispense with the bar entirely.

Figure l shows a side view of my improved form of handle. Fig. 2 shows a plan view, with a sectional view on the line A A.

My handle is made in two parts, and preferably of sheet metal. The upper part, B, is

much the saine as the usual form of' sheet metal handle 5 but the metal is bent or curved in the opposite direction, the hollow part being under the -point of suspension instead of above. The lower part, O, is also stamped up and curved, so that the edges of the two, when put together, form a convenient handle. This part is formed into a loop, of a forni depending upon the shape of the upper part of the handle. The two ends of this lower part are bent and riveted together, in any way that may seem best, to form a loop, through which the middle strap is to be passed; or the loop may be dispensed with, and the strap may be passed through the space left for the passage of the hand.

I do not wish to confine myself to this particular method of construction, as other ways may be adopted of attaching the loop to the handle.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a handle for carrying books, shawls, or parcels, a pendent loop, attached to and forming a part of such handle, for the purpose of attaching or supporting the middle strap, all constructed as shown and described.

Y GEORGE HAVELL. Witnesses:

A. M. LA FOY,

JAS. D. CLARK. 

